“This morning Estelle did not want to get dressed. She wanted to continue to play. As I knelt down to explain to her again why she needed to get ready and that all of her friends at school were waiting on her, she dropped the bomb. ”

“When Estelle was born, her Oma (grandmother in German) gave her a pair of diamond earrings. It was one of the biggest discussions we have had about how to raise our daughter. That decision is now coming back to haunt me as we deal with the impending decision whether to.”

““Perhaps you should go get Estelle and leave now.” That was how the last interaction with the owner of the school that Estelle attended ended. Well, those weren’t actually the last words of the conversation, as anyone who knows me well would know.”

“Everyone who reads the blog or just knows us in real life knows that there is generally no topic that is off limits. We are open books and discuss pretty much anything and everything. Some people take that to the point of asking questions that would ordinarily be considered impolite or not politically correct. Every person who has asked me this question has been very well meaning, and they sometimes acknowledge that it would usually be inappropriate.”

“When it seemed like my head had barely hit the pillow, I felt a nudge from Matt, “Boo wake up. It’s April!” Groggy and still trying to process what was going on, I heard April on speaker phone say “”Goooood morning, my water just broke.” With those six words life seemed to freeze and move at warp speed at the same time.”

“You may or may not have read about the six-year old little boy who was suspended from his school because he kissed a little girl in his class on her hand. Now, I understand he had previously kissed her on the cheek and was reprimanded for that. (Media stories differ on what he did and what punishment he received.)
Still, I try to think about this from the perspective of being Estelle’s Pappa and a new-found feminist as the father of a daughter.”